RESULTS | Hargett Memorial Intercollegiate live results
 
Monroe, N.C.----After one official round, the No. 5 Wingate University men's golf team leads the 26th annual Ralph Hargett Memorial Intercollegiate tournament at Rolling Hills Country Club Monday. Bulldog senior and NCAA No. 18 Alfie Storer shot a career-low round of seven-under-par 65 to share the 18-hole lead with Emmanuel (Ga.) freshman Gabriel Hull.
 
Wingate's first-round score of 13-under-par 275 is three strokes better than Emmanuel's 10-under-par 278. The Wingate B team and Erskine are the only other teams under par following the first round. The Bulldogs had a seven-under-par 281, while the Flying Fleet shot a six-under-par 282 for the first 18 holes.
 
The 17 teams and 96 student-athletes played only 27 holes Monday. The participants endured a one-hour weather delay in the morning and a 45-minute pause in the late afternoon. Round two resumes at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. The third round will follow.
 
Wingate A team Round 1 quick hits
 
- Wingate shot a 13-under-par 275 in the first round
- Storer's round included an eagle on the par four, 395-yard hole No. 8
- His summary: six birdies, one eagle, one bogey and 10 pars
- Senior Lewis Beeden led the 'Dogs with seven birdies
- Wingate compiled 24 birdies during the inaugural 18 holes
- Beeden (68) and freshman Mattia D'Errico (70) joined Storer under par
- Sophomore Cole Rouse rounded out Wingate's counting scores with a 72
 
Wingate B team Round 1 quick hits
 
- Wingate shot a seven-under-par 281 in the first round
- The 'Dogs outscored 13 teams in the opening stanza
- Senior Fynn Loewe topped the charts with a five-under-par 67
- Sophomore Max Drott had a career-low, three-under-par 69
- Freshman Alex Alder posted a two-under-par 70
- Alder was playing his first intercollegiate round Monday
- Freshman Finn Ellis had a 75 to complete WU's counting scores
- Freshman Garrison Welborn had a season-low 71
- Welborn eagled the par five, 537-yard hole No. 6
- Junior Matthew Wordon had a career-low 75
- Welborn and Wordon are two of four WU golfers playing as individuals
 
Next up for No. 5 Wingate
 
The 26th annual Ralph Hargett Memorial Intercollegiate tournament concludes Tuesday. The 17 teams and 96 student-athletes will resume the second round at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. The third round will follow.
 
Wingate University
 
Wingate University is a lab of difference-making that serves more than 3,400 students in North Carolina and offers 60 degree pathways, including 37 undergraduate majors, 10 pre-professional tracks and five dual-degree programs. Graduate students choose from seven master's and five doctoral programs. The University is home to the Cannon College of Arts and Sciences, the Levine College of Health Sciences, the Byrum School of Business, the Thayer School of Education and the School of Sport Sciences.
 
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